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were no other openings.

The police, then, had to account for the fact that the body was in the middle of the bedroom, on the floor,
dead of strangulation, and not hanging from anything. The police were practical. They didn't believe in
such foolishness as locked-room mysteries.

The decision was delivered by Sergeant Doyle: тАЬHe hung himself from the door, tying the end of the cord
to the knob on the other side. See that upset chair there? . . . That's what he stood on. Okay, he hung
himself. Then the cord slipped off the knob, and he floundered out into the middle of the bedroom, but
couldn't get the cord loose, and finished strangling there on the floor.тАЭ

Gail, white-faced, said, тАЬBut there's no knot in the other end of the cord.тАЭ

тАЬIt slipped loose, Miss. It did that when it let him down. If it hadn't, he would be hanging to the door.тАЭ

White-faced, Gail whispered, тАЬBut Dan took a bath this morning.тАЭ

тАЬWell, he took another one. Suicides often prepare themselves that way.тАЭ

тАЬDan wouldn't kill himself.тАЭ

тАЬLady, the doors were all locked, and the windows. You all three say so. It has to be suicide.тАЭ

Gail burst into tears, and let Gibble lead her into the other room. Spencer remained behind, frowning at
the body, looking thoughtful.

тАЬThe way the body is lying, you might think it had been suspended from the cord there until dead, and
then let drop,тАЭ suggested Spencer.
Sergeant Doyle did not favor this remark. тАЬLook, pal, the guy hung himself from the door and the cord
came loose too late.тАЭ

тАЬWell, I guess so.тАЭ

тАЬI know so,тАЭ said Doyle sharply. тАЬI know a suicide when I see one. I've seen a few.тАЭ

тАЬThere's no note.тАЭ

тАЬIs there a law says they got to leave a note?тАЭ

тАЬI thought they did.тАЭ

тАЬThis one didn't. This one blew his top today and came home and hung himself. It's that simple.тАЭ

Spencer didn't contain his resentment too well, and said doggedly, тАЬHe didn't come straight home. He
went to a church first.тАЭ

тАЬAnd why not? Wouldn't you figure maybe it would be a good idea to visit a church before you knocked
yourself off?тАЭ

тАЬNot the way Dan visited church.тАЭ